Watch this episode to learn about the empathy bell curve from one of the world’s leading empathy experts.
Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen is a Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge. He is also the Director of their Autism Research Centre. In this episode, he discusses the importance of empathy in our relationships and society, how to overcome empathy deficits, and why attachment theory is such a powerful parenting style.
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00:36 Introduction
00:54 About Dr. Simon Baron-Cohen
02:33 What inspires Simon’s empathy research
06:50 The necessity for empathy in the workforce
09:49 The empathy bell curve
12:36 The difference between affective and cognitive empathy - and its significance
15:43 Practices for people with autism to overcome a cognitive empathy gap
18:30 Practices for people with antisocial personality disorder to increase their affective empathy
21:16 The challenges and value of being an empath
24:12 Redefining evil in terms of empathy - An excerpt from Simon’s book, Zero Degrees of Empathy
29:25 The importance of attachment theory as a parenting style
31:37 Empathy and gender - Are there differences?
34:17 How to self-protect in relationships with antisocial personality disorder
36:02 Simon Baron-Cohen’s Purposeful Empathy Story
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SHOW NOTES
✩ Zero Degrees of Empathy https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0713997915?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_CQ9BEXXJH48M251NH5TF
✩ The Science of Evil https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B072M56BDQ?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_2B1YAWFP34ZPW8NRD1AD
Video Edited by David Tsvariani